One thing that interests me lately about Japanese cars, and culture in general, is their propensity for miniaturization. Our small cars, it seems, are scaled-down big cars, while Japanese cars are engineered in miniature... yet everything seems to work in harmony. Like a Tokyo apartment.

Planning a move?

One thing that interests me lately about Japanese cars, and culture in general, is their propensity for miniaturization. Our small cars, it seems, are scaled-down big cars, while Japanese cars are engineered in miniature... yet everything seems to work in harmony. Like a Tokyo apartment.

I can't decide if I'm intriqued or repulsed by this :

I can't decide if I'm intriqued or repulsed by this :

Interesting...kinda retro futuristic..got retro touches like the '50s style wraparound windshield and dogleg a-pillars, suicide doors, exposed b-pillars..

Edited March 12, 201115 yr by Cubical-aka-Moltar

One thing that interests me lately about Japanese cars, and culture in general, is their propensity for miniaturization. Our small cars, it seems, are scaled-down big cars, while Japanese cars are engineered in miniature... yet everything seems to work in harmony. Like a Tokyo apartment.

Drive a Miata for awhile...seriously....

I can't decide if I'm intriqued or repulsed by this :

It's certainly no sixties Pontiac or Chevy, but it is interesting....

It's a trap!

That's the most interesting thing wearing three diamonds since a mid-90's Eclipse, back before it needed Jenny Craig. Reminds me of that one car... oh, what was it... Dymaxion or something? I think I am close but no cigar. Anyway the Mitsu from Futurama above is excellently weird and prolly brilliant.

Edited March 12, 201115 yr by ocnblu

I was hoping to use a few weeks of vacation time to go to Japan later this year to experience it first hand but with what has happened it feels highly inappropriate now.

I can't decide if I'm intriqued or repulsed by this :

I'm strangely intrigued. It's interesting and attention-grabbing, that's for sure.

I think the Japanese just have a greater appreciation for efficiency in every aspect of life. Fuel efficiency, space efficiency, manufacturing efficiency, etc.

Because there's 130 million people living on an archipelago of small, mostly mountainous islands

I can't decide if I'm intriqued or repulsed by this :

Is it coming or going?

Because there's 130 million people living on an archipelago of small, mostly mountainous islands

just 4 u, blu!

I think the Japanese just have a greater appreciation for efficiency in every aspect of life. Fuel efficiency, space efficiency, manufacturing efficiency, etc.

Agreed...